Patents by Inventor Peter N. Heller

Peter N. Heller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110075717
    Abstract: An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: AWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Peter N. Heller, Edmund C. Reiter, Michael A. Tzannes
  • Publication number: 20100290510
    Abstract: An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Heller, Edmund C. Reiter, Michael A. Tzannes
  • Patent number: 7746923
    Abstract: An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Heller, Edmund C. Reiter, Michael A. Tzannes
  • Patent number: 7738542
    Abstract: An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Heller, Edmund C. Reiter, Michael A. Tzannes
  • Publication number: 20100111149
    Abstract: An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: AWARE, INC
    Inventors: Peter N. Heller, Edmund C. Reiter, Michael A. Tzannes
  • Publication number: 20020010779
    Abstract: An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for that modem. Basically, by utilizing a resource manager, that directs the data in and out of the various portions of the modem in an orderly manner, keeping track of which of the ports is being operated at any given point in time, a standard single port modem can be reconfigured, for example, at an over clocked rate, to manipulate the data input and output of a modem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Peter N. Heller, Edmund C. Reiter, Michael A. Tzannes
  • Patent number: 5983388
    Abstract: A forward error correction (FEC) system and method for use in a multipoint-to-point frame based synchronized transmission communication system in which data from users are sent in selected portions of data frames having coded symbols added thereto by encoders associated with each user. The number of bits per user assigned portions of data frames is established as an integer number of FEC code symbols. The interleaving depth is set equal to a multiple of the total number of code symbols sent by a user in a data frame. The encoders are synchronized such that all of the encoders start processing associated interleaving frames at the same time. In exemplary embodiments, the communication systems include DWMT and TDM communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignees: Analog Devices, Aware Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Friedman, Mark Russell, Stuart D. Sandberg, Peter N. Heller
  • Patent number: 5715280
    Abstract: A decoder and an encoder for extracting a subset of symbols from, or inserting a subset of symbols into, a communication channel in which M symbols are transmitted as the amplitudes of M sinusoidal carriers. The decoder recovers K symbols, S.sub.p . . . S.sub.p+K-1, from an analog signal generated by modulating M sinusoidal carriers for a frame period. Each carrier is modulated with an amplitude proportional to the value of one of M symbols, the i.sup.th carrier being modulated by symbol S.sub.i. The K symbols are a contiguous subset of the M symbols. The decoder includes a down-converter for down-converting to the modulated signal on the communication channel to generate a down-converted signal in which the carriers corresponding to S.sub.p . . . S.sub.p+K-1 occupy frequencies starting from 0. An analog-digital converter generates K time-domain samples in each frame period from the down-converted signal. These time-domain samples are converted to K frequency-domain values representing the symbols S.sub.p . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart D. Sandberg, Peter N. Heller, Michael Tzannes
  • Patent number: 4326813
    Abstract: A dot matrix character printer having the capability of printing characters at variable speeds and with variable pitches. Variable pitch is provided through the use of programmable radix counters which control actuation of the printing solenoids. Solenoid actuation is based on print head position, with the actuation position being varied with print head velocity, to compensate for the distance travelled by the print head during the time between solenoid actuation and print wire impact; this permits operation at variable printing rates. Printing rate is limited by the cyclic rate of the print head, with an additional limitation based on dot printing density which prevents excessive heating of the printing solenoids. Control functions are provided by a firmware-controlled microprocessor and a special purpose integrated circuit (PCC). The operation of the microprocessor and PCC are time-independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1982
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Roy F. Lomicka, Jr., Peter N. Heller
  • Patent number: RE40281
    Abstract: A communication system for sending a sequence of symbols on a communication link. The system includes a transmitter for placing information indicative of the sequence of symbols on the communication link and a receiver for receiving the information placed on the communication link by the transmitter. The transmitter includes a clock for defining successive frames, each of the frames including M time intervals, where M is an integer greater than 1. A modulator modulates each of M carrier signals with a signal related to the value of one of the symbols thereby generating a modulated carrier signal corresponding to each of the carrier signals. The modulated carriers are combined into a sum signal which is transmitted on the communication link. The carrier signals include first and second carriers, the first carrier having a different bandwidth than the second carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Aware, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tzannes, Peter N. Heller, John P. Stautner, William R. Morrell, Sriram Jayasimha